ABSTRACT

In contrast with the ‘egg-shell skull’ principle, it has been held that a defendant is not liable to compensate the plaintiff for any extra damage he suffers because of his (the plaintiff’s) own impecuniosity:

The [plaintiff’s] financial disability [is not] to be compared with that physical delicacy or weakness which may aggravate the damage in the case of personal injuries, or with the possibility that the injured man in such a case may be either a poor labourer or a highly paid professional man.162